Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object. Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space. Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter. Convection:Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid. Density: A measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance. Convection Current: The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
Outline:
Convection Currents and the Mantle
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heat transfer
three types heat transfer: radiation, conduction, convection
Table of Contents
Convection Currents and the Mantle 1.2
Vocabulary:
Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space.
Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter.
Convection:Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid.
Density: A measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
Convection Current: The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
Outline:
Convection Currents and the Mantle
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